Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 10031 - 10040 of 28277 results for "NOT"

Future Fund to manage new drought fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2018
... adoption of new technology and help improve environmental and natural resource management on farms. "Importantly, it will not be used to fund existing measures already in place." The government says it has delivered more than $1.8 billion in assistance ...

Industry Super Australia chair steps down

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2018
... five-and-a-half years as chair. "We've passed the banks in terms of funds under management, and that is something that will not go back. And when you put us together with public sector super funds, it represents a massive opportunity for Australia to ...

New Zealand reviews life insurance commissions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2018
... commissions is creating a potential conduct risk, incentivising advisers to recommend changes to clients about coverage that are not in the client's best interests. "Such activities can compromise the efficiency of the sector, because policyholders may ...

Australian Unity fund manager steps down

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2018
... says represented $2.87 cash for share. An independent board committee formed by the RE said Starwood's revised proposal did not represent compelling value for AOF unitholders. It closed Starwood Capital's access to its data room for due diligence, alongside ...

Chief economist update: Bottom line slows down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2018
... services (-1.0% from -3.8%). To be sure, these stats would be considered ancient in financial market time but the trend is not our friend in this case. This is because the ABS' trend estimates confirm the slowing in total company gross operating ...

Celebrities cop $1m crypto fine

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
... against them by the SEC for failing to disclose payments they received to tout investments in ICOs in 2017. Mayweather did not disclose payments received from three ICO issues, including an amount of $100,000 from Centra Tech. Khaled was also paid by ...

For-profit lobbying leads to $53bn problem: AIST

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
... chief executive Eva Scheerlinck said the different rules amounted to the managers of more than $1 trillion in super savings not being held to account. Currently, eight million Australian's invest their super in choice products, and Scheerlinck called ...

New super fund to secure female financial security

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
... excludes investment in gambling, offshore detention, tobacco, weapons, animal cruelty and fossil fuels. The fund will also not invest in companies that abuse women at any point in their supply chain and those failing to commit to adding women to their ...

CBA investigates possible privacy breach

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
... been used to determine whether loan applications were approved or denied. CBA denied this, saying CommInsure information does not inform lending decisions, either automated or manual. The potential breach was identified as part of data segregation work ...

FASEA exam is not fair: Spot poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
The compulsory financial adviser and curriculum examination has been branded as unfair, according to Financial Standard's latest online survey. An overwhelming number of financial advisers (68%) said the long-awaited exam the Financial Adviser Standards ...